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  1. Fro
    castro base hit :shock:
  2. Fro
    Mets - #1 MSA Angels - #2 MSA Cubs/White Sox - #3 MSA Houston - #5 MSA Philly - #6 MSA Marlins - #8 MSA (who don't care about the Marlins unless they're good) Giants - #11 MSA Toronto is around Houston's size in population.
  3. Fro
    Somehow Fangraphs has him at 2 WAR, only 0.2 behind Travis Wood This is why I don't trust WAR.
  4. Fro
    Rizzo & Castro are both never going to get another MLB hit.
  5. Fro
    lol, now the ump is expanding his strike zone... what a crook.
  6. Fro
    wow a 7th inning fake rally today
  7. Fro
    Agree. Keep Baez in the middle. Baez/Castro/Alcantara are the pool to cover two positions. Whether Baez moves to 2B, or Castro, I don't care. I'd prefer Baez to stay at SS, if they believe in him there. Casto at 2b would be easier to replace, if at some point you decided to trade and replace. But if you move Baez to 3B, and need to cover both SS and 2B with only Baez/AA/Barney, I think you're at risk of having disappointing production there, or at least of not necessarily gaining much ground relative to the league at those positions. SS/2B: Castro/Baez/AA/Barney is the pool. 3B: Valbuena/Olt/Vitters/Villanueva/Bryant is the pool. That all assumes, of course, that management believes in Baez as a middle-infielder defensively. Agreed completely on that. You don't move Baez out of the middle infield unless he shows that he can't handle either 2B or SS in the majors. Once that plays out then we can start filling in the rest of the puzzle from there and know who's trade bait in a deal to upgrade the rest of the team.
  8. Fro
    That would be awful. It works pretty well in tennis for in/out calls... maybe takes 15 seconds for the whole process.
  9. Fro
    Big step forward, but they have to make balls & strikes at least challengable next. They also need to speed up play, maybe by having limited "timeouts" for mound meetings, pitching changes, etc, clock on the pitcher to deliver the ball in a timely manner, and stop batters from stepping out of the box every second to adjust their gloves.
  10. Fro
    Didn't Lance Armstrong threaten to sue everyone left and right as well? Doesn't prove anything to threaten a lawsuit.
  11. Fro
    That's gotta be the ultimate goal; I'm expecting a renegotiation of the WGN deal so that it ends when the Comcast one does. I can't imagine that WGN is in any hurry to lose the Cubs and will be looking to keep them, if even just for a few more years. Ideally WGN signs an extension until then for fair market value, minus the WCIU games which go to Comcast. Anything that airs on WCIU is a negative for the franchise. If WGN wants those games they need to cough up the money to air them on the Superstation.
  12. Fro
    Looks like they are interested.
  13. Fro
    We're quite a bit better than last year already. If we would have went 7-6 against the Reds so far instead of 3-10, for instance, we'd be right in the middle of the race for the 2nd wildcard.
  14. Fro
    http://i50.tinypic.com/20z9xxu.jpg It's pretty hard for the sweeper to navigate all the elevation changes in San Francisco, but after 20 years they get the job done.
  15. Fro
    Probably not the best time to trade Castro considering how badly he struggled to start the season. Really, the only trade they have to make at this point is flipping Gregg. Everything else depends on someone overpaying.
  16. Fro
    Heyman says Yankees are paying $7-8 million http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-heyman/22898728/yankees-cubs-reach-deal-sending-soriano-to-ny-awaiting-selig-approval On his twitter feed he says Tommy Kahnle and Corey Black are on the list
  17. Fro
    It's a good time considering Soriano actually has some value right now to a team he'd accept a trade to. He might not in the offseason or next year at this time.
  18. Fro
    Yep... think we got a better deal than the rumored trade that fell apart on Saturday. Grimm really makes a big difference. :good:
  19. Fro
    From a Sacremento Bee writer.
  20. Fro
    The real question is whether anyone's actually hearing anything or the reporters and some Rangers scouts/office intern are playing telephone and slowly making stuff up.
  21. Fro
    Peter Gammons tweeted a bit ago that Martin Perez is out of the deal and the trade "seems imminent".
  22. Fro
    They don't necessarily have to turn him around, just fool one team who wants him that they've turned him around and trade him at the right time. Olt's still going to be a valuable chip to have provided you don't let him expose himself as a AAAA player.
  23. Fro
    I'll be interested in seeing how much he actually signs for versus how much Garza makes in FA.
  24. Fro
    It's been really impressive... granted I'm sure everyone we traded for/picked up off the scrap heap won't all have ERAs under 3 as Cubs in another month but they seem to be pitching well right now.
  25. Fro
    I think this is actually a better team after we traded Marmol & Feldman.
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